Addressing the Insecurity Challenge in Nigeria: The Imperative of Moral Values and Virtue Ethics
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insecurity; politics; moral values; virtue ethics; moral leadership
Abstract
The insecurity challenge in Nigeria has assumed a formidable dimension that not only requires a multistakeholder approach as it is being touted in various quarters in quelling this conflagration threatening Nigeria s statehood but also necessitates a revival and reinforcement of moral values and virtues The thirst for blood and the preference for violence in expressing pent-up frustration and disenchantment with the state its citizens and national totems may be a pointer to the need to revive moral values and virtues within the socioeconomic political religious and educational institutions in the country Nigerian leaders politicians and their amen corners must be forced to evince and uphold moral values and virtues in all their conduct in order to lead by example and to avoid heating up the polity unnecessarily by their conducts and comments which sometimes incite violence in their followers
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